This is kind of weird, but i just figured out that the "other chapter"
RedHotChiO is talking about is MY chapter. I'm not offended, especially since this conversation is old and the poster is an alum, but I would like to explain the mentality of our chapter (at least from my personal point of view). Chi Omega is a great chapter on my campus, I mean GREAT. They have quality girls, they are VERY involved on campus, and they have a very desirable image nationally, (plus they always put on a killer rush). So it is inevitable that alot of girls are going to like them (as well they should), and choose to be a part of their sisterhood. they are the only chapter on campus who never has to have COB and rarely snap bids. Our sisterhood is also AWESOME (I put Sigma down first and actually quit rush the first time when they cut me), we have the highest panhellenic GPA and a very diverse membership. We are just different. We are the only Sigma chapter in GA and sometimes we do have to snap bid and COB (it's not even an issue of HAVE, it's that we want to, who doesn't want a great girl to join your group?). I can honestly say that we don't have trouble with numbers and that we do get a healthy pledge class from formal recruitment. We have and probably will again snap bid or COB a girl who has suicided another chapter if we know that she is a great girl and has something to contribute to our chapter. Even if a pnm has decided that she doesn't want us, that doesn't mean we don't want her to know that we think she's great. It's not an issue of pressuring or desperatly struggling for numbers. It's not begging for scraps (not that it was implied), if we meet a girl whom we all love, we will bid her. there are girls who suicide other chapters that we do not bid as well. it may seem that many suicides recieve snap bids from us, but that is because we are dealing with a rush pool of 30 or so and many girls who make it through the week choose to suicide. therefore, most of the girls who are eligible to even recieve a snap bid are unbidded suicides. So, it's not like we're trying to be sneaky, we're just doing what the ol' green book allows us to do to aquire new members. Again, this isn't meant to be aggressive and I have soooo much respect for the women of Chi Omega on my campus, they are my friends and deserving of praise (I promise, if I didn't like them, I would tell you). i just wanted to explain the situation from another perspective.
p.s. i also want to add a note to the pnms: just because a chapter COBs or snap bids doesn't mean it it a weak chapter, every chapter on my campus could choose to COB if it wanted (to gain at least a few members) They just choose not to. COB is a great opportunity for women who miss out on formal recruitment to become greek
I know, cuz I COBed!!!!!